Faculty
Leora Harpaz
Adjunct Faculty
B.A., State University of New York, Stony Brook
J.D., Boston University School of Law
LL.M., New York University School of Law
Professor Harpaz began her teaching career at Osgoode Hall Law School in Ontario Canada. Before joining the Western New England University School of Law faculty in 1976, she was engaged in private practice in New York City for two years. Her scholarly writing is in the area of the First Amendment. Her scholarship has explored the intersection of the First Amendment and the Internet and the First Amendment rights of public school students. Professor Harpaz retired from the faculty in 2013.
Constitutional Law
First Amendment Rights
Internet Law
Law and Education
Media Law
Religion & the Constitution
Journal Articles
Leora Harpaz, When Students Speak Away From School How Much Does the First Amendment Hear?, SEVENTH COMMONWEALTH EDUCATION LAW CONFERENCE: CRITICAL ISSUES IN EDUCATION LAW AND POLICY 107 (2009). SSRN Digital Commons
Leora Harpaz, Student Speech: Whose Speech Is It Anyway and Why Does the First Amendment Care?, SIXTH COMMONWEALTH EDUCATION LAW CONFERENCE: CRITICAL ISSUES IN EDUCATION LAW AND POLICY 69 (2008). SSRN Digital Commons
Leora Harpaz, Beyond the Schoolhouse Gate: Do Student First Amendment Rights Apply to Classroom Assignments?, FIFTH COMMONWEALTH EDUCATION LAW CONFERENCE: CRITICAL ISSUES IN EDUCATION LAW AND POLICY 89 (2007). SSRN Digital Commons
Leora Harpaz, The Paper Wars: First Amendment Challenges to School Material Distribution Policies, FOURTH COMMONWEALTH EDUCATION LAW CONFERENCE: CRITICAL ISSUES IN EDUCATION LAW AND POLICY 103 (2006). SSRN Digital Commons
Leora Harpaz, The Ten Commandments Return to School and Legal Controversy Follows Them, THIRD VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH EDUCATION LAW CONFERENCE: CRITICAL ISSUES IN EDUCATION LAW AND POLICY 61 (2005). SSRN Digital Commons
Leora Harpaz, The Equal Access Act: Still Controversial After All These Years, SECOND VIRGINIA EDUCATION LAW CONFERENCE: CRITICAL ISSUES IN EDUCATION LAW AND POLICY 93 (2004). SSRN Digital Commons
Leora Harpaz, The Equal Access Act: Still Controversial After All These Years, ELEVENTH ANNUAL EDUCATION LAW CONFERENCE: LAW AND EDUCATION: CRUCIAL ISSUES 174 (2004). SSRN Digital Commons
Leora Harpaz, Internet Speech and the First Amendment Rights of Public School Students, 2000 B.Y.U. EDUC. & L.J. 123 (2000). SSRN Digital Commons Cited by
Leora Harpaz, Compelled Lawyer Representation and the Free Speech Rights of Attorneys, 20 W. NEW ENG. L. REV. 49 (1998). SSRN Digital Commons Cited by
Leora Harpaz, Justice Jackson's Flag Salute Legacy: the Supreme Court Struggles to Protect Intellectual Individualism, 64 TEX. L. REV. 817 (1986). SSRN Digital Commons Cited by
Leora Harpaz, A Paradigm of First Amendment Dilemmas: Resolving Public School Library Censorship Disputes, 4 W. NEW ENG. L. REV. 1 (1981). SSRN Digital Commons Cited by